Bangalore Events
Discussion on 'Dream Machine: AI and the Real World' by Appupen and Laurent Daudet. In conversation with Prashant Srivatsa | 30 March 5:00 PM
Join us on 30 March at 5:00 pm for the book launch of 'Dream Machine: AI and the Real World' by Appupen and Laurent Daudet. Appupen will be in conversation with Prashant Srivatsa. RSVP here. Appupen has been one of India’s leading voices in comics since the publication of his first book Moonward, in 2009. He is the creator of the mythical world of Halahala. He was artist-in-residence at Angoulême in 2021. Laurent Daudet is physics professor at one of Paris’s leading universities. He is Co-CEO and Co-Founder of LightOn, a start-up at the forefront of ‘large language models’, the...
Book Launch of ‘Snakes, Drugs and Rock ’n’ Roll’ by Romulus Whitaker, with Janaki Lenin. In conversation with Suhel Quader | 29 March 6:00 PM
Join us on 29 March at 6:00 PM for the launch of 'Snakes, Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll' by Romulus Whitaker, with Janaki Lenin. They will be in conversation with Suhel Quader. RSVP here Romulus Earl Whitaker is an American-born Indian herpetologist, wildlife conservationist, and founder of the Madras Snake Park, the Andaman and Nicobar Environment Trust (ANET), and the Madras Crocodile Bank Trust. In 2008, Whitaker was selected as an associate laureate in the 2008 Rolex Awards for Enterprise for his efforts to create a network of rainforest research stations throughout India. In 2005, he was a winner of a Whitley Award for outstanding leadership in nature conservation. He used this award...
Book Launch of '10 Indian Languages and How They Came to Be' By Karthik Venkatesh | 23 March 5 PM
Join us on 23 March at 5 pm at Champaca Bookstore for the launch of Karthik Venkatesh's book '10 Indian Languages and How They Came to Be'. We will have a fun quiz from the book followed by a discussion. Karthik will be in conversation with Ramjee Chandran. This book talks about ten Indian languages—of the thousand-odd languages spoken in India—and their evolution, transformation and development. These languages (Tamil Telugu Brahui Santali Khasi Kokborok Manipuri Marathi Punjabi Hindi) - Karthik Venkatesh traces the long and varied journeys of these languages through time, examining the cultural shifts and political and social...
Myth and Memoir: An In Person Writing Workshop with Samhita Arni | 2 March, 10 AM to 1 PM
Join us for a writing workshop on Myth and Memoir with Samhita Arni! This workshop is for people curious about exploring the connection between the personal and universal. In this workshop we will examine the ways to infuse our lives, memories and family histories with the power of myth, understanding the mythic patterns and cadences that underlie both myth and in our individual experience.  We will use this workshop to harness this understanding to shape memoir into writing that has universal resonance, and understand how shaping our stories in this way allows our personal truth to embody, speak and relate...
Book Launch of 'Tomorrow Someone Will Arrest You' - Author Meena Kandasamy in conversation with Samhita Arni | 14 February, 6:00 PM
Champaca is delighted to welcome you to an evening for the Bangalore launch of 'Tomorrow Someone Will Arrest You' by Meena Kandasamy - poet, writer, translator, anti-caste activist and academic. Get a chance to have a talk with the author and get your signed copy of the book. RSVP here Meena Kandasamy will be in conversation with Samhita Arni. About the speakers: Meena Kandasamy Described by the Independent as a ‘one-woman, agit-prop literary-political movement’, Meena Kandasamy is a poet, writer, translator, anti-caste activist and academic based in India. Her extensive corpus includes two poetry collections, Touch (2006) and Ms Militancy (2010), as well as three novels,...